Toaster



Oct. 20, 1925 1,558,049

E. AfRUTENBER TOASTER Filed May 28, 1924 1 5 2. Elnvewboz Patented Oct. 20, 1925.,

1,558,049 PATENT OFFICE.

nnwm; A. Romanians, or MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin, assrouon r a J. Lmnamm a THOVERSON COMPANY. OF MILWAUKEE, W SCONSIN, A

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GORPORATION OF WIS- Application filed-May 28,-1924. SerialNo. 716,335.

To all'whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, EDWIN RUTENBER,

acitizen of the United State and a resident of the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvemeritsv in Toasters, of which the following is a specification.

The improvements relate to devices for toasting or broiling food, and more partic'ularlyto devices of this character which are primarily designed to be employed in the toasting of bread and similar food and in which an electric resistance element is used as a heating medium. They are in the nature of improvements in the pending application ofthe present applicant and another filed October'18th, 1923, Serial Number- 669,217. In the said application a supprimarily of an outwardly inclined shelf is shown, so arranged that the toast will slide outwardly with its inner face down when pressure of the door or holder on its outer side is removed therefrom, and this device has been found satisfactory in operation and very strong and durable. With the present improvements, however, the outward and downward movement of the toast is facilitatedtoa great extent by the peculiar construction of the shelf and the provision of bars receiving the lower ed e of the toast,

while at the same time the sai lower edge is subjected to direct radiation from the heating element. Circulation of heated air is also permitted between the toast and the heating element, and cold drafts entering at the bottom of the toastemprevented. The construction is also advantageous in other ways which will appear to those familiar with the operation of such devices.

The improvements are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is an end view of a' toaster embodying the improvements; Figure 2 isa medial vertical'cross section the'reofrand Figure 3 is an enlargeddetail of the combined toastsupportingalement and damper.

'Upon the base '1 end members 2 are suit- 5 ably mounted and between these end members a door or holder 5 is hingedly mounted on the bar 6. This member, however, is not essential, and may be entirely dispensed. with or replaced by anyother device-as for instance a piece of looped wire'adapted 'to be port for the toast or the like consistingpressed against the toast-and the toast may be manipulated by hand or with a fork or other implement. Itwill be seen that it is only necessary to place the toast in upright POSltlOll opposite the heating element and hold it there, and then to release ,itin order to secure its reversal by the shelf and its members illustrated in Figure 3.

Supports 3 on the base hold a vertical heating element 13, comprising resistance wires properly mounted, and a grid or grate 4compos'ed of wires mounted in the frame separates the toast from the said heating element and holds it in proper position for exposure to the heat radiating therefrom and the heated air circulating'in theinterior.

Mounted on the bar 6 as a pivot is the combined reversing shelf and damper, which is preferably formed of a single piece of sheet metal folded, and having its fold around the bar to act as a hinge member.

It consists of the shelf 7 with the raised hollow fingers 10 extending rearwardly therefrom and connected therewith by end and.

side beveled portions 11 and 12 and the damper 8 having recesses 9. The beveled connecting portions between the fingers and the shelf facilitate the movement of the toast outwardly and downwardly by gravity, while the inner ends of the fingers engage the wires of the grid 4, and the recesses 9 of the damper receive them. The lower edge of the damper 8-rests on the support 3, and therefore provides a closure which prevents the entrance and upward passage of cold air induced by the rising heated air and vapor between the toast and the heating element. The entire member comprising the parts just described may be turned on the bar 6. upwardly and outwardly. so that crumbs or other particles in the bottom of the toaster may be easily removed.

The provision of means for effectively preventing cold drafts is an improved feature, since such drafts tend to impair the quality of the toast to some extent; the

means here rovided are sim 1e and eifecthe combination with a" grate disposed plane approximately parallel with an u right heating element and meanszfor hold 0 right heating element of a laterall ing articles against said grateyof. a laterally dis osed support for articles to be toasted, sue as slices of bread, said support extending outwardly and downwardly, and having connected therewith a depending. member extending below the same and orming a damper to prevent upward draft.

' 2. In the combination specified in claim 1, the said depending portion and support being pivotally mounted to swing upwardly and outwardly together from normal posi" tion.

3. In the combination of parts specified in claim 1, the said dependin mefnber having recesses therein through which when in normal position the said grate extends.

4. In a device of the character described, the combination with a grate disposed in plane approximately parallel with an 211 1sposed support for articles to be toaste ,such as slices of bread, said support extending outwardly and downwardly andcomprising spaced substantially coplanar article su porting members, and means for holdingt e article to be toasted in upright position opposite said grate, said means bein disconnected from and operating indepen ently of the said support.

5. In a evice of the character described,

the combination with a grate disposed in plane approximately parallel with an (111p- 1s-.

posed support for-artic es to be toaste such as slices of bread, said support extending outwardly and downwardly, said support ment, said member bein edge comprising fin ers extending inwardly therefrom to sai with by portions.

6; In a device of the character described and in combination withmeans for holding an article in position opposite a heating element, a heating element, a combined sup-- port and ejecting reverser for the article to e toasted including a shelf-like member mounted in fixed posltion and adapted to re ceive the lower edge of a slice-of bread when in upright position opposite theheating eleoutwardl and downwardly inclined an having t ereon' fin er-like members raised above the same an extending inwardly therefrom, and merging in the surface thereof on outwardly and laterally extending lines.

I 7. In a device of the character and in. combination with. means for holding articles in upright position, a reversing support'a'dapted to receive the lower edge of a slice of bread to be toasted, while in upri ht described j rate and connected thereoutward y and laterally beveled osition com risin a series of fin er-like outer .ends over; which the said lower,

may slide freely downwardly an'd'outwardly. f l I Witness my hand this 22nd day of May 1924 at the city of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee, State of Wisconsin.

EDWIN A, RUTENBER. 

